Transferring device for knitted fabrics.



L. N. D. WILLIAMS. TRANSFERRING DEVICE FOR KNITTED FABRICS. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 13,1914

V l 1 88, 1 Patented June 20, 1918.

QNVENTOR' LOUIS N. D. WILLiAMS 8! ms ATTORNEY seller] Zl wliom it mayrconqem: v 1 i Bes itfxknown thatQI, LOUIS D, "VIL- .1 Linnea new; of the United States, resid- ;ing in OgoiitzfPennsylVania, have invented c ertain i Improvements H; in i Transferring Dem ngwisflagspecification.

ct knitting; machine, needles and] transer points as,itoflfacilitate the transfer of hes tentiomof istitches on the points after the i t nsfm his object lattaintin the manner inaften set; forth, ref

ai ed scale, of a; knitting machine needle s a s etrtional new of part of cylinder-.101 1;, otheroneed lee ca rr er of i a inie the position which it assmuesdur- ;t insferoperation, undulshow mg a are wiews similar zun enlarged sectional itehto the fe f poi nts ce forlKnitted,Fabrics, of which the fol-' i-oniethe needles and aid in thereueted gin accordance v with my v invenl; needle therein, in the position which, n during the knitt ng operat on; usin-iilarxview but llustrutlng the point aplplied to the needle and 1 peetivel y,;1but illustrating 4 stitches and, then; v from "stage in them-t oiftrans? latter point; FigQ'Tis a sunig,

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n enlarged .;front 1 L t thelmok o't'jthe'i reduced upp'e the needle. instead of being in .a ert- 11m; Qibtthe f-the depth difference PATENT O FICE. l a

e L'OUISVNQD. WILLIAMS, OF oeo Tz, "PENNSYLVANIA.

u QTRANSFE R INGDEVICE FORKNITTED FABRICS.

i fi q of fitters e Patented June 20, 1916. i Application filed February 13, 1914. Serial No. 818,464. I

i grooves5, the, groovedupper ends of the he ob eetfof my invention s to so con- I thickened shanks enterin the stitches upon serving tospread thestitches over the pocketsfi, and thus facilit'atethe entry into said stitches of the reduced ends 7 ofthe'transerenoe being had 5 etaecom-panying5r waving, in which ure Lis aaperspective wiew on an en-Q fer points .which are inserted behind the needles and enter the pockets therein, as

fromontothe reduced ends of thetransfer points andtheweb will be transferred stitch f *by stitch frmnthe needles onto the points 1 without riskw of missing any of the stitches. Wheny-the stitches have been thus transfen-ed; and while they are still resting upon thetop ofthe nee 1 .1 ecylinder,needle half; or other -.needle cafirieni-the point ringer -other point xcarrieris depressed; as shown in Fig. 7,, u and therebyflcauses the stitches 1to"8(' slip onto-1the lgijooved. f' thi'ekened-'-por-- 1 llhe needle shown an and} from that shou'nin Figs-.2 (1- 3*,in*th phi-rialse men lovier portion of its shank thickened at the rear, and said thickened portion being %rooved, in combination with a stitch transerring' quill having at reduced point for 5 entering the groove in the thickened portion of'the needle shanlgand a grooved body having side WaHs'WhiGh overlap the upper andsmaller portion of the, needle shank. I

In testimony whereof, I ha've signed name to this specification, inthe presence 13' Vitnesses:

KATE A. BEADLE, 1 HAMnJroN D. TURNER. 

